River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-10
Educational.


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G. l.. BOWMAN -.--.----. EDITOR.
| Communications from Teachers and those
/ interested in Education solicited. Address all
| Communications TO the Editor at Prescott. Wis.,
BY late appointment L. s. Danforth
becomes a clerk of Dist. 4, Trimbelle, in
place Of j. n. Whipple.
Miss Minnie White in the Judd dis
trict, Clifton, took forced vacation of
week ON account of sickness.
Miss Emma Strait opened her eighth
term of school in her home district, Oak
Grove, on the 3lst of October.
OF the State Institutes this fall, the one
in Richland county took the lead on en-
rollment. The attendance was 1856.
Programs are out for three days instl-
tute for teachers of graded schools, to be
held at Ashland commencing Nov. 10th.
Facility in language comes from hearing
good language, from mastering good Ian
guage, and from practicing good language.
The Normal Exponent
We know of no Journal which has
gained favor with the teachers as rapidly
as The County School Council. Send to
the Supt's for specimen copy.
Rhode Island has nine hundred schools
in one thousand square miles of land.
Children have to go over into Connecti-
cut to play "pull-away. "-Sapptemeat.
A few of the rail road maps of the state
still remain at the office. Any district
not already supplied can obtain one by
sending ten cents to pay the postage.
Law is powerful educator. There are
come men who will learn from no other
teacher, and some lessons which can be
taught in no other schools.-Henry Sdbin.
Lists of the teachers and school officers
will soon be mailed to each town and dis
trict clerk, also to each teacher. Others
desiring lists VIII be supplied upon appli-
cation.
Remember the Teachers Association az
Esdaile the 18th. Let every teacher in
the S. w. district come out with the deter
mination to take an active part. Study
the program carefully.
The addition of entries and wood-shed,
together with a coat of paint over all has
made a pleasant change in the appear
ance and convenience of the school house
in the Haeckle district, Oak Grove.
School opened the last of October under
the management of c. f. Patterson, of
| River Falls.
| If your school is composed largely of
foreigners make especial efforts to induce
daily practice in pronunciation of words
which are difficult for them. Describe
the position of the organs to them and
allow them to initiate you in articulation.
Use every means to secure and encourage
correct pronunciation.
We see by the Spring Lake correspon-
dent that Miss Eliza C. VIM closed her
fall term of school in the Upman district,
Spring Lake. with an exhibition the pro-
eeeds of which, amounting 10 nearly five
dollars, go towards purchasing books for a
school library, under direction ofthe school
board. We heartily commend all such
moves to other wide-a-wake teachers, and
hope the hint is sufficient.
No teacher is too poor to subscribe for a
good educational journal, and occasionally
to buy standard work on teaching. The
live teacher must read. He becomes more
liberal by understanding the methods of
others. There is no other way of teach
ing, and the teacher who is satisfied will
make no advancement in the profession.
Normal Lnder.
| CIPHERING MATcH.-The following plan
is submitted by the Indian School Jour
nal for an interesting and profitable exer-
else for Friday afternoons. It is similar
to the old time spelling match. Captains
choose their men. Two ofthe same grade
one from each side-pass % the board.
The challenged party names the work;
for instance, Multiply by 25-divide by
| 33-addtion of compound fractions, inter
est, rate per cent, etc" The teacher
| gives the data, and the test is to secure
the correct result first. The defeated one
takes his seat, and another man from his
side takes his place. The one who stays
at the board longest is the champion. The
results are accuracy and rapidly in the
common and practical arithmetical calcu-
| lations